Notes on the State of Virginia Paperback - 1998
by Thomas Jefferson; Introduction by Frank Shuffelton; Notes by Frank Shuffelton
Summary
First line
Virginia is bounded on the East by the Atlantic: on the North by a line of latitude, crossing the Eastern Shore through Watkins's Point, being about 37. 57.
From the rear cover
A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed thirteen states of America stimulated in Jefferson, as he later described it, a "mysterious obligation for making me much better acquainted with my own country than I ever was before". Written during his first term as governor of Virginia, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history. In his introduction to this annotated edition, which discusses the work's origins and composition, Frank Shuffelton focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy", his differing treatment of blacks and Native Americans, and his influential role in creating a mythicized American self-image.
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- Title Notes on the State of Virginia
- Author Thomas Jefferson; Introduction by Frank Shuffelton; Notes by Frank Shuffelton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition annotated editio
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, NY
- Date December 1, 1998
- ISBN 9780140436679 / 0140436677
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.82 x 5.04 x 0.67 in (19.86 x 12.80 x 1.70 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Virginia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-28819
- Dewey Decimal Code 975.503
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